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WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), made the following statement on the situation in Iraq:
WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following opening statement as prepared for delivery for a hearing on The May 31, 2014 Transfer of Five Senior Taliban Detainees
WASHINGTON- In today’s daily press briefing, White House Spokesman Josh Earnest suggested that the Administration did not comply with the legally required notification of terrorist transfers in order to “protect or at least reduce the danger faced by Sergeant Bergdahl and by the American servicemen who were on this mission to secure his release." Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, responded to that claim:
"I was delighted to learn of General Dunford's nomination to be Commandant of the Marine Corps. With all the challenges he has faced in Afghanistan, his leadership has been remarkable. America's Marines will be in good hands with him at the helm.
WASHINGTON - The Honorable Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Calif.) has invited Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to testify on Wednesday June 11th. The subject of the hearing will be the May 31, 2014 transfer of five senior Taliban detainees.
Chairman McKeon gave the following statement with the invitation:
What the law requires:
Section 1035 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 requires the following before the transfer or release of a Guantanamo detainee:
• The Secretary of Defense must determine that the risk posed by the detainee will be substantially mitigated and that the transfer is in the national security interests of the United States.
WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the release of Sergeant Bowe Berghdal.
WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement about General Eric Shinseki, the United States Secretary of Veteran's Affairs: